NAVY ON TOP IN HOCKEY

Navy swept the field in the 2023 Interservice Hockey Tournament last month, with both men’s and women’s teams winning their respective tournaments against Army, Air Force and NZ Police.

The tournament, totalling 141 personnel, was played out at the National Hockey Centre in North Harbour over 14 to 18 August. Day one in the men’s competition saw Navy beat Police 3–0 while Army and Air were locked at 2–2 at full time with Army winning the shootout 3–2. In the women’s competition Police beat Navy 3–0, while Army beat Air 1–0. Day two in the men’s competition saw Navy beat Air 5–0 while Police and Army drew 1–1 with Army winning the shootout 3–2. In the women’s competition Navy women beat Air women 2–0 while the Police beat Army 3–1. Day three in the men’s competition saw Air beat Police 3–1 while Navy beat Army 5–3. In the women’s competition Police beat Air 2–0 while Navy beat Army 2–0.

During the tournament closing function W/O (Rtd) Brian (BK) Read, Patron of RNZAF Hockey presented LTCDR Jan Peterson, captain of the Navy men’s team with the Read Trophy as winners of the men’s interservice tournament. BCDR AK GPCAPT Mike Cannon then presented POET Tamara Dudley, captain of the Navy women’s team with the Sam Kereama Memorial Trophy as winners of the women’s interservice tournament, NZ Police with the Ces Cameron Cup – Spirit of Hockey Award, LTCDR Jan Peterson with the Army Hockey Association Trophy as the men’s MVP, CPL Jade Forman (RNZAF) with the RNZAF Hockey Association Trophy as the women’s MVP and Mr Angus Griffin (RNZAF) with the Navy Hockey Club Trophy as the most promising player. GPCAPT Cannon then presented LTCDR Jan Peterson, captain of the Navy men’s team with the Pope Trophy as winners of the men’s combined services competition and the captain of the NZ Police women’s team with the Sommer Trophy as winners of the women’s combined services competition.

NZDF HOCKEY TEAMS NAMED:

WOMEN: PO Tamara Dudley (Coach, PO Jeremy Rees (Asst Coach), A Sienna-Marie King (new cap), PO Alex Carter, PO Samantha-Joan Scothern, ENS Hannah Larsen, A Paige Harvey (new cap), A Petra Dye-Hutchinson, A Nadia Mwila, L Kesia Coutts (all RNZN), W/O Ann Clarkson (Manager), AC Kristen Smith, CPL Nicola Murray, CPL Jade Forman, LAC Alice Roughan (new cap) (all RNZAF), CAPT Sandra Mitchell, LT Toyah Churton (new cap), 2LT Elese Russell, WO2 Diane Kareko, LCPL Rosemary Reed, LCPL Ariana Blackwood (all NZA).

MEN: FLTLT Jake Bullot (Coach), SQNLDR Dave Timbs (Trainer), CPL Daniel Boustridge, LAC Byron Buys, FLTLT Jamie Besley, Mr Angus Griffin (new cap) (all RNZAF), MID Alex Eichelbaum (new cap), O James Harris (new cap), A Myles Vos, LTCDR Jan Peterson, A Chavez Rahurahu, O Harrison Kemp (new cap), LTCDR Ambrose O’Halloran (all RNZN), SGT Craig Culver (Manager), SIG Robert Belchamber, SPR Amiri Downs-Williams (new cap), LCPL George Littlejohn, PTE Dylan Muggleston, LCPL Brad Collins (new cap), LCPL Tux Tukapau and LCPL Kent Horsley (all NZA).